Daily Note of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Item 1: Opening Ceremony – public session
Mrs Lucy Asu-Agbor from Cameroon was sworn in as the new Commissioner of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Speeches were delivered by:
- Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou, Chairperson of the African Commission
- Mrs Hannah Foster, Chair, NGOs Steering Committee and Executive Director, ACDHRS
- Representative of National Human Rights Institutions
- H.E. Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission
- Honorable Judge Gerard Niyungeko, President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Representative of AU Member States, Honorable Mrs Salamata Sawadogo, Minister for Promotion of Human Rights in Burkina Faso
- Opening Speech by Honorable Edward Gomez, Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia
Item 4(a) – statements by state delegates
The following State Delegates made statements under this agenda item:
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Republic of Burkina Faso – Mrs Sawadago
- Republic of Uganda
- Kingdom of Lesotho
- Republic of Tunisia
- Republic of Zimbabwe
- Republic of Egypt
Item 4(c) - Statements by intergovernmental organizations and international organizations
- Organization of Francophone
Daily Note of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Item 4(a) – Statements by State Delegates
The following State Delegates made statements under this agenda item:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Republic of South Africa
- Republic of The Sudan
- Republic of Senegal
Item 4(c) - Statements by intergovernmental organizations and international organizations
The following intergovernmental organizations made statements under this agenda item:
- UNAIDS
- UNFPII
Item 4(d) – statements by National Human Rights Institutions
The following NHRIs made statements under this agenda item:
- Kenya Human Rights Commission
- National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso
Item 4(e) – Statements by Non-Governmental Organizations
The following NGOs made statements under this agenda item:
- Media Foundation for West Africa
- Organization Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT)
- Human Rights Development Initiatives
- Associacao Justice, Paz Democracia (AJPD)
- East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP)
- Lawyers for Human Rights for Zimbabwe
- Nigerian Bar Association
- Arid Land Institute, Kenya
- Association Africaine de Defense des Droit de L’Homme
- Alternative Cameroon
- Human Rights Institute of Southern Africa (HURISA)
- POWA
- International Humanist and Ethical Union, United Kingdom
- Collectif des families des disparu(e)s en Algerie, France
- Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIRHS)
- FiDH
- Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
- Bajito – Africa
- Center for Human Rights
- Ogiek
- Gracia Michel Foundation
Daily Note of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Friday, 12 November 2010
Item 5 - Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Under this agenda item speeches were delivered by:
- Representative of AU Member States
- H.E. Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission
- Mr Patrice Vahard representing H.E. Ambassador Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of Office for West Africa
- H.E. Mme Reine Alapini Gansou, Chairperson of the ACHPR
A minute of silence was observed
The Commemoration of the 30th year of the African Charter was officially launched
The Chairperson of the ACHPR and other Commissioners held a press conference
The newsletter Africa Torture Watch of the ACHPR was launched by Commissioner Dupe Atoki
